Japan has Akira Kurosawa. India has Satyajit Ray. Hong Kong has King Hu. Although he made a previous film, The Story Of Sue San, uneder Li Han-hsiang's supervision, this was really his first full film, which he wrote, directed and co-starred in. His tale of the Sino-Japanese war is still an artistic and emotional triumph, and went on to win awards for Best Script, Best Editing, and the particularly prestigious Special Award for the Promotion of Ethnic Spirit. (IVL)